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Tuesday View (26th November)

The shady parts of the garden have looked precious all day, with temperatures hovering around freezing point, and a few flakes of snow in the air. The Persicaria looked beautiful first thing, but it will probably flop completely after this cold snap. Its leaves have been fabulous since July.

A strong N wind is blowing so it feels freezing and this morning the solar panel did have frost on it but it didn’t seem to affeact any of the plants. All this week will be cold! The rose bud is very beutiful.

Love this new view and the frosty details you’ve highlighted. The rose and Persicaria are colorful under the frost. We had a couple of frosts but I haven’t had time to get in time to see the garden under the spell–it warmed up quickly.

How lovely. No frosts here yet, though it dipped down to 2.5C in the greenhouse the other night. Apparently it is about to get colder again, but yesterday I didn’t even need a coat outside!! Is the grass in the back lh corner a calamagrostis?

Hi Janet. We even had a dusting of snow for a couple of days – very pretty, but gone already. The grass is a Miscanthus sinensis, destined to be cut in the next few days. It didn’t flower this year – probably too dry in the summer.